San Antonio Register (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, October 20, 1939 Page: 1 of 8
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THE BAN ANTONIO
NEGRO CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE
RIGHT
.Vol. 9—no. as
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS,
JUSTICE I.. PROGRESS
) Hi Y, OCTOBER 20, 1!TO
Register 5c
WHERE
COULD YOC
GET MORE
FOB
A NICKEL?
PRICE FIVE CENTS
She's "Queen"of Texas Now!
M.E. Conference OpensHere Next Week
Cooking School Closes Tonight
Wesi Texas Conference
To Convene at St. Paul
Wednesday Morning
WITH over 300 pastors, representatives, and visitors ex-
pected, final arrangements and details have been com-
pleted for the sixty-fifth session of the West Texas annual
conference of the Methodist church, which will convene here,
next week, with St Paul M. E. church, of which the Rev.
Dr. G. A. Deslandss is paster, being host to the convention.
Bishop A. P. Shaw, of New Orleans, Louisiana, the area bishop,
will preside at the session.
MISS JAMES MARCELLE BlIR-
LEV, pulchritudiuous St. Phlllp'f
Junior college co-ed, who. Monday,
at the gain "Negro day'' celebra-
tion at the State Fair of Texas,
In Dallas, was crowned the
•queen" of Texas, in n state wide
contest, a feature of the fair, and
the purpose of which was for the
glorification of young women of
Texas, and to portray cultural
development aud feminine pulchri-
tude within the race.
Miss Burley, before an enthus-
iastic crowd of nearly 10,000 per-
sons, was presented a huge gold-
plated loving cup, aud crowned,
amid pomp and cereinonv, . with
the accompanying regality that
proclaimed her the queen of all
Texas womanhood.
On Labor Day, as "Miss Pearl"
Miss Burley won an all-city bath-
ing beauty revue, here, sponsored
by the American Woodmen, and
the Woodmen organization was In-
strumental in her going to UaliaB.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Burley, 80!) South
Walters street, a 11)37 graduate of
Phillis Wheatley senior school, and
a popular senior at St. Philip's.
Conference Host
The KEV. 1)K. fi. A. DKS-
LANDKN, pastor of St. Paul M.
II church, who, next week, will
be host to the sixty-fifth session
of the West Texas annual con-
ference of tlie Methodist church.
Tbc session Is expected to draw
4ver 30Q pastors, representatives
and visitors to the * city from
throughout Southwest Texas.
BARBERlNfi COURSE AT
COLLEGE
By The Asaoctatcd Negro Frets
INSTITUTE, W. Va.—With Tits-
Jfegen Institute teaching cooking.
West Virginia State college has
gone into barbering, it was learn
ed this week with announcement
that students now have available
• standardized coursc in barbering
and all Its branches, taught by
experienced, certified instructors.
Felix T. Warren will be In
♦hnrgc of the new school and the
fonnse require* about aeveu months
Wife of Dr. C. A.
Griffin Dies
Suddenly in Okla
Word was received in Sau An-
tonio this week, that Mrs. Louise
Griffin, wife of Dr. C. A. Griffin,
former prominent and popular
residents of San Antonio, died sud-
denly Wednesday morning, In Ida-
bel. Oklahoma.
Details of her passing arc not
available, but it is known that
as early as Monday Mrs. Griffin
was apparently enjoying good
liealtb.
It has been learued that the
body is being returned to San
Antonio tomorrow (Saturday) for
obsequies and interment Sunday,
probably from St. Paul M. E.
church, the Itev. G. A. Deslnndes
officiating. Sutton und Sutton
Funeral Home will be In charge.
Pet Cat
Bites Owner—
Drops Dead
Ily The A«nor;utod Negro Preia
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.—
The strangest news story of
the year broke Saturday,
and Home news it is. Joseph
Motisley, 24, was sitting in
hi« home all comfortable
when his torn rat sank his
teeth through the flesh of
his left leg, and then tumbled
over dead. Mousley hurried
to the hospital and had the
wound treated. The remains
of Mr. inomas Mat were
turned over to the local
board of health and sent to
Trento, for examination.
AUIioukIi tin* conference will <iol
officially open until Wednesday.
October 25, Tuesday will be devoted
to registration of delegate--, and
preliminary duties, and, at 7:30
o'clock, Tuesday night, there will
be a public meeting and opening
and welcoming program, with Hev.
J. B. Phoenix, superintendent of
the San Antonio district, presid-
ing. Following this meeting, the
bishops banquet will be held for
all delegate*?.
The conference proper will get
under way at nine o'clock Wed-
nesday morning, and, from that
time until Sunday night, at nine
o'clock when Bishop Shaw will
conduct the closing exercises, and
announce the district appointments,
each hour will be a busy one for
alt in Attendance. Through the
five days, sessions will begin at
nine in the morning, and will con-
tinue, with short recesses for
meals, throughout the day and lu-
ff. the mint. i
The West Texas conference Is
composed of five districts, each
with its own superintendent, and
includes some 125 churches. The
district superintendents are—Aus-
tin district, Rev. J. W. Warren;
Dallas district, Rev. F. D. Young;
San Angelo district, Rev. T. H.
Foy; San Antonio district, Rev.
J. B. Phoenix; Victoria district,
Rev. W. W. Baker; Waco district,
kev. J. Walt Moore.
The conference officers are-
president, Bishop A. P. Shaw, New
Orleans. La.; secretary, Rev. J. H.
R. Dudley, Marlin; treasurer, Rev.
C. E. Whitlker, Austin-, statistician,
Rev. J. A. Wills, Seguin; mail,
Mrs. M. B. Coffey and Miss Hazel
Johnson.
The officers of the lay confer-
ence are—secretary, Mrs. C. S.
Williams of San Antonio, and T.
D. Marshall, Dnlla.s. The presi-
dent is to be selected.
Outstanding churchmen who are
expected in San Antonio for the
conference, other than the of-
ficers listed include—Dr. R. N.
Brooks, editor of the Christian
Advocate, southwestern edition, and
Dies Suddenly
Wiley Scores 13-6
Win Over P. V.In
A nnual Grid Fuss
By U. J. ANDREWS
IVA ;.LAS Texas—Darkening the skies with a barrage of foot-
" bajjs, and making the very most of every single break of
thp jfittne, ar. alert Wiley college pigskin aggregation stun-
ning—but definitely—very thoroughly upset a big, typically
d'jqnb Prairie View football team, 13-6, in the 1939 edition of
I V
Record Breaking Session
To End With Gala
Stage Show
W/ITH all attendance records for Register cooking schools
" hivincf been broken for each of the first four individual
sessions, as well as the grand total for the first two fays
exceeding the previous all-time record, Register's fifteenth
semi annual cooking school—which got under way Wednes-
day, for a three-day session, at the Library Auditorium-
the Annual classic between the two traditional rivals, played j wiU come to a close tonight, climaxing the most successful
hew* Monday, in the Cotton Bowl before some 8,850 surprised
fau*,,um ft of whom had, on pa|>er,
corded Prairie View's Panthers
a tw.'rtonchdown margin.
BuX at the crucial timer*, with,
or without, the ball, the Panthers
ditfTifct know how to act, and n
shari^imnch of Wildcats took un-
due ^vantage of this mental bc-
wUdffjneiit to ride the clouds to
strik^K distance for one touch-
down -ami then make some screwy
eal aSting by P. V. pay off big
dividends—for Wiley—when, with
the *ore tied, and 40 seconds to
play,# in the half, Prairie View
j cssa^d to flip a flat pass—for
whiei Wiley thanked them, grabbed
the till!, and used the remaining
secoijHs iu running for a tauch-
Idowii with the intercepted pig-
' skin. I
Allf the scoriug commotion oc-
thp hurt. B?vpn-&Jid-nnp
;f :addeuiug, hystorial minutes
* j second quarter.
for the extra point.
Wiley Ciels Mad
Prairie View's touchdown must
have made Wiley awful, awful
mad, for, immediately, taking the
ball 011 her own 23-yard mark,
the Wildcats passed ami smashed
their way 77 yards straight, down
the field to the payoff stripe.
With the whole Wiley backfield
alternating in flipping and catch
ing the air flings, the Cats com-
pleted three aerials for three first
downs, and, just for variety, Paulk,
Wiley quarterback, boshed through
center for ten yards and a first
down, and slammed through the
line for another five-yard gain.
Then Minims' pas* to (Joosby car-
ried the ball to the Prairie View
nine-yurd stripe. Minims blasted
through his right tackle for five,
ggpsfcy, cu t spinner, whirled
Ihrougli fur two more. With two-1
yards to go, P. V. wu9 offside, ■
nA the ball wu uioved to within 1
Educator Here
stndy for 12 full time students.
Facilities include a complete li-
brary, laboratory equipment, and
barbering apparatus, based on re-
quirements of the State Bureau of
Barber* and Beauticians.
(See METHODISTS, I'age 5.)
Pine Street "YW"
To LaunehBudget
Campaign, Oct. 30
An announcement, made tbis
week by tiie central association
of the Young Women's Christian
association, revealed that, as
usual, the l*lrie Street branch
YWOA will be included In the
annual I30.00Q budget campaign
that is to be launched October
30, by the San Antonio Young
Women's Christian association. Tlie
campaign will extend through No-
venrtjer 7.
The outstanding significance of
the service of the YWCA lies in
the fact that Its services are ex-
tended, without partiality, to the
women and girls of all races, and
nationalities.
During the financial campaign,
from October 30 through Novem
ber 7, an appeal is being made to
the local public for the $10,000
objective iu order to make pos
sible the continuation of these
services, in San Antonio, through
the fiscal year 1939-11M0.
The appeal for the quota for
the rine Street branch will be
made through the committee of
management, and other Interested
volunteers, whose loyal Interest Is
making possible un admittedly
valuable and widely diversified
field of service in Christian edu-
cation, health counselling, employ-
ment. anil improved housing for
industrial women and girls, voca-
tional counseling, and training In
social responsibility and citizen-
ship.
The following are members of
the committee of management who,
with others, will make the appeal
(See YWCA. Page 6.)
MRS. WILLIE i. SAMPSON.
SR., veteran member of the pub-
lic school system, who was stricken
with an altack of heart disease,
Wednesday morning, while in an
automobile en route to Phillis
Whentley senior BChool, where she
hr.d been a member of the faculty
for a number of years. She suc-
cumbed that same afternoon with-
out having fully regained eon.
scionsness.
Services will be held tomorrow
afternoon, at two o'clock, ut St.
1'uul church, the Rev. G. A. Des-
iandes officiating.
School Teacher
Fatally Stricken
En Route to Work
kept, expecting either |hu*%« ot the goal Ub*\ rl«>cn by!
&rulutn?I tlierf'-tougjound: 1 through for i\e
nidway the first qwtrtoir. six-all.
Mrs.Willie J.Sampson,Sr.,
Suffers Heart Attack
In Automobile
Suffering a sudden attack of
heart disease, Wednesday morn-
ing. October 18, while In an auto-
mobile en route to her school room
duties. Mrs. Willie J. Sampson,
Sr., 1)12 East Crockett street, vet-
eran Han Antonio school teacher,
succumbed to the disease, that
afternoon, at 3:56 o'clock, without
her again fully regaining con-
sciousness.
That morning Mrs. Sampson, an
instructor at Pbillia Wheatley
senior school, and a member of
the local school system for over
30 years, seemingly was In the
very best of health, certainly In
the best of spirits.
She was a passenger In the auto-
mobile of Mrs. V. E. Nelson, an-
other teacher, with the pair being
en route to Phillis Wheatley sen-
ior school, where they are employ-
ed, the car, at the time, traveling
east on East Houston street,
Suddenly, shortly before eight
o'clock, near the corner of North''
Hackberry street, Mrs. Sampson
slumped over on her shoulder
nml exclaimed, "I believe I'm
dying!''
Mrs. Nelson drove to the home
of nearby friends, Mr. and Mrs.
Pliny Ileanchaap, 41B North Oiive
street, where Lister Leonard car
rieil the stricken woman into the
house. A physician was summon-
ed, but effort were unavailing, and,
that afternoon, she succumbed.
The decedent was born Avalonla
Ellis, in Victoria, Texas, a daugh-
ter of Charles and Mrs. Kuj
Ellis. She received her p
school education in Victoria,
attending, uJ iiiJuatiug In**
Prairie View State Normal and
Industrial college, at Prairie View,
Texas. She also took advance
coursei at the University of South-
ern CaU.,:.nla.
Her career as a teacher M,
eluded her serving on the facul-
ties of Guadalupe and Prairie
(See TEACHER, Pag* k)
andS
Jerrf
Che.*
et loose with her first
' attempt, Ingram to Hicks,
iy%as good for four yard",
n a pitch by Minimi to
Johnson was good for 11.
d momentarily, Thrasii tried
kick from the 33 yard line,
but It was no good. Early iu the
second quarter, another nt.empted
pln« kick by Wiley was blockcd.
P. V. Scores
Tlh1 first Bcore came suddenly,
and?was as startlingly surprising
as /Would have been a sudden
deluge from the cloudless sky.
Wit? less than eight minutes of the
half! to play, a Wiley kick was
partially blocked, witli Prairie
View taking the ball on her own
48-j rd line.
Oo the very first play, G. Ham-
ilton flipped a neat forward to
Mark*, who lateraled to Sliiler,
with that worthy running the re-
molding 12 yards into the promis-
ed land. The play was beautifully
executed. P. V. failed in its try
P. V. Throws a 'Pass (Texas
Shortly/after ' this touchdown graduate, and
came the play that wafc to decide ^ outstanding members
ute to play, Prairie View had the
ball on her own .1.>yard line.
Then, with 40 seconds to play, in
her own territory, with the score
tied, and with one out of four
passes to her credit, Hamilton
tossed a flat pass to his right.
XolKJdy remembers to whom he
was passing, for, out of the blue
came Wiley'.s quarterback, Paulk,
who snogged the ball and footed
it 44 yards into glory land. The
conversion was good, and Wiley
went ahead 13 0.
P. V. Misses Chances"
Prairie View tried desperately
to tally in the second half, ham-
mering away at the Wiley line for
substantial gains, and even com-
pleted « couple of passes, one
good for 11 and the other for
eight yards, but the cards were
(See WILEY, Page 5.)
sv. Da
the game. With less than a min lwfhodist Kpiscoj nl chureb, who | in^he number of entra^if"iu the
will arrive in San Antonio tomor
row. for a brief visit, and to at
tend the siTty-flftli session of the
West Texas annual conference of
the Methodist church, which will
be held here next week.
Sunday morning, at the eleven
o'clock services, Dr. King will be
the guest speaker at .St. Paul M.
Federated Club Women Conduct Verv
■ rr, j
Successful District Session in S. A,
TTHE annual session of the Lee Loraine Parks district of the
* .State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs with its
Heme being, "The Responsibility of Youth," was very success-
Wily conducted, last Saturday, on the campus of St. Philip's
Jjuii'.r college, with more than a score of delegates in at-
tendanoe, and with a number of visitors witnessing much of
tfie proceedings.
A *«ry Interesting program was
presented Saturday morning in the
chapel of the college with Mrs.
Lillian SuttonTaylor presiding.
Injncntlon was offered by the
He* Dr. G. A. Deslandee. Mrs.
A. B. Lewis led the audience In
(See EDUCATOR, Page 5.)
CiiadalupeBaptist
Ass n (Inc.) Meets
Under New Head
First Board SessionUntlcr
Rev. W. S. Brent is
Held in Luling
siting two federation songs, and
the national Negro anthem. U.
J. ^iidrews extended greetings to
ifrf conference on behalf of the
Pnjlneas and professional men, Miss
Ait' inecia Bowden, president of
sty.'wiip's, extended the school's
itte aud greetings, and made
ippeal for the support of the
itutlon, MrB. A. B. Lewis, of-
the greetings of the city
atlon to the district gather-
Tlie response to these saluta-
and good wishes was made
s. L. B. Stevens of St. Hed-
The Phillis Whentley senior
il band, directed by T. L.
ery, rendered a number of
received selections, and a solo,
was rendered by one of
fh< St. Philip's co-eds.
file high light of the morning
aeisinu tos the stirring address
aefvered by Mrs. S. W. Weston,
dent of the district federa-
i, nnd one of Texas best known
women. She at first, re-
ed the district's past year's
and traced th origin and
ilopment of the city, district,
state, national, and international
' ~ 'rations of club women, lo the
md part of her address, she
lia«l* developed the theme
of what can be done for youth,
with her stressing, "teaching by
example," and the teachinc and
building of pride, with the Knee
establishing a heritage of which
youth can be proud, and point to
as examples for emulation. Mrs.
Weston admonished that as the
Race makes lis own history, it
should tell it as it goes. Prolong-
ed applause followed her conclusion
of one of the most stirring ad
clie es ever delivered on the St.
Philip's campus. A short recess
followed the president's address,
during which an art exhibit, on
display in the main building of
the school, was examined, and
registration of delegates was com-
pleted, with 23 official representa-
tives being recorded. Three new
clubs affiliated with the federa-
tion, one from South Sau An-
tonio, and two from Corpus
Christ!.
Luncheon, prepared under the
direction of Miss Bowden, was
served to over 00 persons, includ-
ing the Phillis Wheatley band, in
the dining hall of the college. Dur-
ing thi« period, Mm. W. E.
Brackeen, of Fort Worth, presi
dent of the state federation, ar-
rived.
In the afternoon session, Mrs.
Brackeen addressed the group, giv-
ing high lights of the state meet-
ing, nnd aleo telling of the distinc-
tion that befell Mrs. Weston at
(Set CONDUCT, rage 5.)
LULING, Texas—Willi its 1*
Ing the firrt session presided
over by the newly fleeted moder-
ator, the Ilev. W. S. Brent, pas-
tor of Second Baptist churcii of
San Antonio, the Guadalupe Bnp-
ist association (ineorimrated) hel l
its regular board session here, Oc-
tober IMS, at Antloch Baptist
church. Rev. T. E. Marshall is
pastor of Antioch. Financially,
particularly, and in all phases,
generally, the meeting is said to
have surpassed all other sessions
of the pasi five years.
The Rev. Brent was chosen head
of the district at its sixty-sixth
annual convention held in San An-
tonio in August. Those at last
week's session declare that the
program offered by Rev. Brent is
unusually idealistic, appejjiii", and
practical, which, they say, natural
ly signifies that the old Guadalupe
Baptist association is again about
to enter a period of redoubled
activities in the field of Christian
education and mission work.
Besides unanimous adoption of
the moderator's program of depart-
mental reorganization and addi-
tional features of a highly con
strnctive nature, tlic body, upon the
moderator's recommendation, adopt-
ed resolutions against jazz music
in the church worship. 'These
resolutions followed a scheduled
and general discussion of "J.izz
music and. its influence ou our
present day worship," during which
jazz mustic in religious worship
was denounced as, "wholly out
of place, demoralizing in effect,
misleading in purpose, disgrace-
ful in Its nature, and is designed
and practiced for sinister pur
poses, which purposes ere repul-
sive to the Holy Spirit, and in-
imical to Christian worship and
religious development.''
Among new churches enrolling
event In the long history of the
twlcea year event. A gala stage
show will be one of the high
lights of tonight's session, with
there being the announcement of
the winners of the semi-annual
cake baking contest sponsored by
the Pioneer Flour Mills, and with
the awarding of seores of prizes,
in ■■lulling the grand prize presen-
tations which alway feature tho
closing night's program.
The evening's festivities will iie-
gin promptly at eight o'clock.
Celeste Allen, Register staff mem.
1st. and dean of stage show
producers and masters-of-ceremony,
will preside. Featured on the
night's program will be the in-
comparable songstress. Cora
Woods; lloyal Brock, tap dancer;
Dora and Scottie. San Antonio's
outstanding professional d a n c o
team: "The Tropical Serenaders,"
a string trio that has attracted
a large following throughout tlm v
state; JmuilU Miller, . vix-alut; V
dtaeadiI Wntker, "the human
irl><!ie"_: aiifl Perry
"V) ) "ale ilcnenV
Record Number of Entrauts
keeping with the record 0
brenkin* attendance, an nil tUe
recml ha* also been edlblMicif*
JM iu
cake taking contest, n, total of
having been officially reporjed up
until Thursday morniog. Tbi< num-
ber has probably been increased.
The previous "high" was 113. In-
terest is unusually high in the
contest for, in recent school*,
several new winners hare broken
the prizewinning monopoly that a
group of pastry experts lmd man-
aged hold for several years.
It lias also been learnei that
the grand prizes that are to lie
awarded tonight will even snrpas
those of pnst sessions.
With interest already at fever
heat, it i.s expected that a new
record crowd will pack the Library
Auditorium, surpassing the over-
flowing crowd that jammed tho
building several years ago, Octo-
ber 30, 1030, when more than 1300
liersons managed to pack them-
selves into the building for a
Register cooking school finale. 1
Santone Nursery
School Awards
'Diplomas* to Tols
San Antonio's Works Projects
administration nursery school staff
instituted ii no eel feature in the
nursery program when, last week,
six of (lie tots who have been
subjected to two or three years of
the nursery school's good-habit-
forming, constructive, beneficial in-
fluences. were "graduated" from
the school. The staff felt that
these .youngsters had acquired
everything that the school had to
offer in its program and activities,
and were now fitted to receive,
in tho very near future, the train-
ing offered by the city's elementary;
schools.
A short program was rendered,
and diplomas were presented, by
the nursery school manager, Mrs.
E. c. Smith, to Shirley Tonnseud,
Wallace Johns, Clara Moore, Fan-
nie Mae Jackson, Bonnie Gray,
and Clara Houston.
The nursery school is receiving
new students daily, with then be-
ing about 70 enrolled. Behind the
gaiety and excitement of the
"graduation'' the nursery school
staff was grimly aware of the fact
that the project is Ibrely In need
of more substantial support and
aid from friends and sponsors if
tiie school is to he maintained and
is to continue.
Another plea has been issued by
thi1 staff for the support of tho
school which exists for the phy-
sical, moufal, and social develop,
ment or underprivileged children.
This week's
(See GUADALUPE, Page 6.)
announcement r
minded the public that the schoo^
at the southwest corner of Hack*
berry and North Centre streets, Ik
open to visitor* at all time*.
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